What If He Went After Your Sister?

By Anonymous, Santa Clara, CA

The author's comments:

when i was 14 i was sexually abused and ive been in therapy on and off since. one of the hardest things was knowing that the man that abused me deserved to go to jail and that it wasnt my fault. there was one therapist that was my favorite and she used to ask me what if he went after your sister and that thought always helped me get through the court dates and things i had to go through.

That’s what my therapist used to ask. And I would never want that to happen to her, Not my little sister. She doesn’t deserve to know the terror of sneaking out, The pain of losing your virginity, The feeling of the cold had ground under you And an old creepy guy on you, The horror of not knowing if you’re pregnant or not, And finding out you are. She doesn’t deserve to know And neither does anyone else.

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